The U.S. Army is inviting small businesses to propose unique and nontraditional technologies under the xTechSearch competition’s fourth iteration, Federal News Network reported Thursday. Read more
Accenture has partnered with representatives from the financial sector to launch the Digital Dollar Foundation focused on analyzing the feasibility of a U.S. Central Bank Digital Currency. Read more
Cybil Parker, former director of sales at Copper River Information Technology, has joined Impres Technology Solutions to serve as vice president and general manager of the firm’s civilian segment, G2Xchange ETC reported Thursday. Read more
Environmental Quality Management, part of ASRC Industrial, has received a $35M contract to help U.S. Army Corps of Engineers clean up contaminated U.S. facilities. Read more
Verizon has established a wireless small-cell installation that will work to augment network connectivity and enable potential 5G operations at Naval Base Point Loma in San Diego. Read more
Industry experts said space startups are engaging more with the U.S. government as they see it as a client and as an investor, SpaceNews reported Thursday. “We saw many firms overtly or less overtly turn towards government as a potential custome... Read more
Amazon Web Services partnered with Credence Management Solutions to complete the migration of five applications operated by the Defense Logistics Agency to the AWS GovCloud environment. Read more
Bob Kipps, co-founder and managing director of investment bank KippsDeSanto & Co. and a former Wash100 award winner, told the Washington Business Journal in an interview published Thursday that the company is “bullish” as it looks to the mer... Read more
Joe Kearney, former director of business development at VetsEZ, has been elevated to the role of vice president of growth and capture, FedHealthIT reported Thursday. Read more
The Department of the Interior has awarded CenturyLink a potential $1.6 billion task order via the Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions contract vehicle to provide managed network services to support DOI's information technology modernization... Read more
Raytheon has reconfigured a Tomahawk cruise missile system into the Block V version for the U.S. Navy, Seapower Magazine reported Wednesday. Read more
IBM has secured the most patents among U.S. private sector organizations in 2019, continuing the company’s record of topping the list. Read more
A partnership between HackerOne and the Department of Defense has revealed the results of a bug bounty challenge on the U.S. Army’s websites. Read more
Unisys’ Mark Forman: Federal IT Spending Should Focus More on Modernization
Mark Forman, vice president for digital government at Unisys’ federal arm, said he expects this year’s federal spending to prioritize modernization efforts, cybersecurity and information technology operations and maintenance. Read more